Molecular Diagnostics
News on lab-developed tests and emerging diagnostic technologies.
Aitiologic Developing Liquid Biopsy Assay for Tissue-of-Origin Analysis, Early Disease Detection
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The Austrian startup's assay and software, which are early in R&D, promise to profile both the genetic and epigenetic signatures of cell-free DNA from blood samples.
Exact Sciences Nabs FDA Approval for Cologuard Plus Assay
The stool-based test is the next-generation version of Exact's existing Cologuard test for colorectal cancer screening.
Gates Foundation Awards Multiple Dx, Omics Grants in August and September
Awardees include Imperial College London, the Africa Health Research Institute, Mylab, CHOP, and the Task Force for Global Health, among others.
WHO Approves Abbott Molecular Mpox Assay
The Alinity M MPXV test is a real-time PCR assay that detects monkeypox virus DNA from human skin lesion swabs.
Foresight Diagnostics Founders Respond to Roche Lawsuit, Says Claims Asserted in Bad Faith
Foresight said that Roche's asserted trade secrets were not secret and that the technologies at the heart of the claim are fundamentally different.